A Basket of Thankfulness – Thanksgiving Activity!

And November means that Thanksgiving is knocking at the door (here in America, anyways)!

What do you think of when you think Thanksgiving?

Maybe you think of all the delicious food: Turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie. Or perhaps you think of family and friends that you’ll see that day. Maybe the Macy’s Day parade or another festive tradition.

Pumpkins. Baking. Falling leaves. Cool weather.

Giving thanks.

Today we’re here to dive into that last one. Being thankful is so important. God calls us to give thanks. Gratefulness can change our whole outlook on life and the situations we’re in, good or bad.

“Rejoice always,pray without ceasing,give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” -1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

“Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.” -Psalm 100:4-5

So, like last year, I have an activity for us to do to help us think and reflect on how much we have to be thankful for!

I hope that through this activity you will take some thought into how you’ve been blessed, and how much you can be thankful for, whether it is easy for you to think of, or difficult.

Here’s How it Works:

Comment below and list things you are thankful for! It can be one thing, several things, or as many as you want!

Be sincere. Try to put some thought into it, and think outside of the box. There are many noticeable (and wonderful) things to be thankful for like family and friends, which are fine to put, too, but try to dig even deeper into things that are less on the surface, or that others may not think of as much.

Spread the word! Okay, so this is not required, but I would appreciate if you decided to share this activity, whether on your blog or other social media so we can gather up many things to be thankful for!

Then, on November 23 (Thanksgiving Day) I can post everything that we’ve said in a great big list of thankfulness, along with the names of those who contributed!

This year I plan to put the list as one big list, with repeats taken out, and with contributor names at the end. 🙂

I’ll start us off with five things I am thankful for.

The gospel!

Light

Creativity

People being unique

Our freedoms

And now it’s your turn!

Comment down below and let’s fill up this year’s Basket of Thankfulness!!

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59 thoughts on “A Basket of Thankfulness – Thanksgiving Activity!”

I love this idea! I’m thankful for the moon, especially, after seeing the Total Solar Eclipse this past August! And actually, I’m thankful for seeing that amazing creation by God so that’s # 2 I’m thankful for the ability to smile and have others smile back! Great post!

The month of November is a a great time to reflect on all the things for which we can give God thanks! Every year my family makes a big long list of things we are thankful for, which is fun. 🙂
Here are a few for your basket a of thankfulness:
1. The Bible
2. Nature/the outdoors
3. DSLR cameras
4. musical instruments
5. Southern Gospel music
~Sassafras

I’m thankful for:
Jesus’ ultimate sacrifice for us
A smile from a stranger
A hot shower at the end of the day
Encouraging music
Constant encouragement from friends
Flakes of snow falling from the sky
Having a warm home
Having the freedom to read God’s Word and pray to Him in our country
For living in the United States
For having a wonderfully cute dog
Chocolate!
A hot cup of tea
For having the ability to write for God’s Glory
For God blessing me with a magazine ministry
For computers and technology

I hope that;s not too many! I am so looking forward to this and I’m going to send out an email to my list of 45 people, so I hope you get lots of comments! 😀

This really is a very good idea! Thank you so much for hosting it. I’m thankful for Jesus and the salvation that comes to me through the Holy Spirit. I am thankful for the good works that, through God’s grace, I am able to do. I’m thankful for the strength that He gives me to get through each day. I’m thankful for each day that God gives us to live, laugh, and spread His love to those around us.

Great idea!
I am thankful for…
Cinnamon rolls
Courage to live God’s word fully
All of the Modern technology so that I can “know” people that I have never met
For all of the beautiful sunsets that we enjoyed this year
For the warm whether and swimming!

This is such a neat idea, Gracie! I shall try not to do repeats of things I’ve already seen written down here. 😉
– color
– sunsets
– bunnies
– a blog
– a beautiful place to live
– our farm
– safety
– the amazing human body
– the ability to access education easily
– health

Hello, I’m Laura! My pen pal introduced me to this and I think its such a cool idea. I’m thankful for sunset, they’re such beautiful blessings! I’m thankful for warmth, blankets, pen pals, internet so friends could stay in touch and most of all MY SAVIOUR!!

I’m thankful that I can walk, talk, sing, help my mom to take care of my siblings. I’m also thankful that God has kept me safe when I travel and for giving me many pen-pals and friends. He is so good and merciful to me! I don’t deserve it! Thank you, Lord, for a Christian family and home!

This is really great! Here are some things that I am truly grateful for!
~My Salvation!
~My amazing Family
~Being able to worship God freely
~The Bible
~The Songs that God has given me
~The book that God helped me write published
~Our health/healing
~Blog and YouTube followers
~Friends
~Being able to make people laugh (sometimes lol)
~Our great President of the USA
~The people who have inspired/encouraged/blessed me
~All the people who have invested so much into my life
~Being born in the USA
~Our Founding Fathers
~PureFlix (Christian movies)
~The Calling that God has put on my life!
~Oh, let’s not forget peanut butter, frozen yogurt, Whoppers and pizza!!

I could go on and on but I’ll stop there! God Bless you and have a great rest of your day!!

YAY IT’S HERE!
I’m thankful for (NOT IN ORDER!):
My family
My 6 dolls (if my sister gives me her Addy it’ll be 6, because all she cares about are Barbie dolls now)
The man who died for us
Music
The roof above my head
Food
Clothes
Forgiveness
My friends
Candy
My blog and all my blogging friends
Being Homeschooled
Animals
Plants
My teacher
My great aunt (even though she likes the Warriors, bleh)
Nature
Being alive!

Great blog post! so much that I am grateful for this year. Here is an idea that I am trying to spread. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hidlnk1NC10&t=5s It gives me great joy. I hope that if you like it, you will share it on your list. Thanks, Rita

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